“In the end, he doesn't know her by sight, or touch, or sound. Only by taste.
The flavor of her kiss a craving, its quality like coming home.
The best thing he has ever tried. Will ever. Ever could.
A special kind of salt.”
Source: Aftertaste
“Who is God?
On a nice day go into the forest alone. Lay on your back in the soft green grass so that you can see the sky through the tree tops. Then ask your question to the sky for no answer will be found in mere human words.”
Source: Angel Stories. Angelic Tales of the Universe. Tales 1 through 6.
“If our knowledge of God is weak, we are left with a god who is a strange composite of truth, satanic lies, our projected desires and expectations, our experiences with our parents, and the accumulation of life’s hurts. This is not the God of the cross who loved us while we were enemies, and this composite will not sustain us.”
Source: Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love
“It is said that Edward had very enlightened, advanced, and comprehensive ideas of statesmanship; that he wished to fuse England, Scotland, and Wales into one grand monarchy, with anticipation of a great future for the whole. The extreme exasperation he felt, and the savage cruelty he showed to the patriotic Scots who opposed him, were quite a natural result of the baffling and frustration of his wise conception and benificent designs. In the history of nations, as in that of philosophy, we are very apt to interject into ancient actors and thinkers modern ideas, at which, probably, they would have stood amazed. At the best, this view of the character and motives of Edward is a mere hypothesis. But, supposing him to have held that it was infinitely better for Scotland to submit to his rule, that hardly gave him a right to use violence, brutality, and murder to enforce his views.”
Source: History and Poetry of the Scottish Border: Their Main Features and Relations, Volume 1
“Fusing the doctrines of Plotinus and Proclus with the creeds and beliefs of Christianity, Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite combined the Neo-Platonic conviction of the fundamental oneness and luminous aliveness of the world with the Christian dogmas of the triune God, original sin and redemption. The universe is created, animated and unified by the perpetual self-realization of what Plotinus had called "the One," what the Bible had called "the Lord," and what he calls "the superessential Light.”
Source: Meaning in the Visual Arts
“Fears about his fidelity were ridiculous, according to Henry 'There never was a purer...affection than what I profess for you,' he wrote. He was 'indifferent indeed to all the rest of your sex.”
Source: Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married
“His work seems to confirm my old axiom: it is useless to try to keep the whole body alive.”
Source: The invention of Morel
“Liam began to dance from leg to leg, feeling alive, the burning nobility of words still coursing their flame through him. “We have to go, Boyoh. This is the reason why we went into archaeology. Science has laid before us a mystery and we can’t insult it by not accepting its invitation.” ~ Chapter 6 The Garden of Souls”
Source: The Garden of Souls
“To delete our memory to zero! A completely new life! . . This is a fantastic idea!”
Source: The Beggar's Prophecy
“A female ship should slowly go to dock when she sees a male harbour, for this is the most natural thing to do!”
Source: Award Winning Plays -2